Programme

The course aims at introducing students to the legal traditions of the world, and namely with those traditions with whom the Italian legal system has major contacts. The study of the traditions will be conducted both from a historical and a comparative perspective, taking into account the interaction among legal traditions, the hybridisation and harmonization processes, as well as the competition among legal models.

In particular, the course will deal with the following traditions:
- Civil law
- Common law
- Muslim
- Indu
- East-Asian

Core Documentation

Students shall study the following books:

1) V. Varano – V. Barsotti, La tradizione giuridica occidentale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021

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2) G. Calabresi, Il mestiere di giudice. Pensieri di un accademico americano, Mulino, Bologna, 2014

Type of delivery of the course

The course is aimed at stimulating active participation by the student, making recourse to the socratic method and the use of new technologies. It is also aimed at explaining legal realist attitudes and inter-disciplinary approaches to legal phenomena.

Type of evaluation

[APPLICABLE DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY] The exam is entirely written and consists of : a) 10 multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer is awarded 1 point. Incorrect answers or missing answers are awarded 0 points. The questions are based on the topics analysed by the textbooks. b) 4 open questions. Each answer will be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 7 points. The exam has a total duration of 40 minutes and will take during the emergency COVID-19 online through the platforms Elearning and Teams (see http://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/accedi/area-studenti/istruzioni/esami-di-profitto/. The final grade is the sum of the points awarded for each part of the exam. Exam results will be communicated exclusively through the Gomp platform. Students shall be free to refuse the grade within 7 days from the publication of the results. Registration of the grade on the “libretto dello studente” can be requested anytime. If the grade is below 18/30 (not-sufficient) the student will not be allowed to sign-in to the following date of the exam. This rule does not apply to cases of withdrawal or refusal of the grade awarded (above 18/30). It is reminded that the exam is a written one and therefore it is necessary to be on time. For the Erasmus students who have difficulties in writing in Italian, an oral exam or an exam written in foreign language may be agreed upon, by contacting the Professor ahead of time